Means for shipping automobile bodies



Jan. 13, 1931. l. FRIEDLAENDER 1,783,667

MEANS FOR SHIPPING AUTOMOBILE BODIES Filed May 29, 1950 3 Sheets-Sheet 1 4 5:, z IlVENTOR.

BY fZW ATTORNEY.

Jan. 13, 1931. FRIEDLAENDER 1,788,667

MEANS FOR SHIPPING AUTOMOBILE BODIES Filed May 29, 1930 3 Sheets-Sheet 2 INVENTOR.

E 5.- BY fip/ZW A TTORNEY.

Jan. 13, 1931. I. FRIEDLAENDER MEANS FOR SHIPPING AUTOMOBILE BODIES Filed May 29, 1930 3 Sheets-Sheet 3 llA llll ' A? INVENTOR} ATTORNEY.

- J side Walls of the car or transported to and o from the car door openingwhen loading; or-

- Patent d-Jan, 13,11931 isinonn LE min m s;,di p nom;; meme mmms'ronsmrrme ambnomammsj I 1 Application fiid May 29,

V v "My invention relates to means for the shipment of autoinobile bodies in freight cars, whereby a maximum number of; car bodiesmay be a'cfcommo'datedinthe car and readily sg'secured against damage resulting from move? .ment Ofthe car intransit.

j Heretofore car bodies have beentjsu'pporte d in a horizontal position, one above, the other i in freight cars, thelovver tier being attached ate the floor of theflcar, while vthe upper tiers areisecured to a suitable rplatformiorgother horizontal supporting means suspended from the sidewalls ofthe freight car. This'inethod' Was'practicable inthe: shipment of touring I bodies.v before mounting the top thereon'abut with the advent of-closed automobilebodies,

v v freightcars have notsufiicient height to 'ac-,'

" commodate closed bodies placed one above v-theioth el'ij 1 i l f i Aihorizontaldisposal offthe autemobile V A further object of this invention is to provide means whereby the floor sills'of auto;-v mobile bodies may be secured to the sidewalls of'a' freight car ;the bodies resting on their rear end in suitable cradles secured to the sills" ofthe body, that theyflnay be readily moved into position for attachment to the unloading,the bodies if desired remaining in the cradle at the storage house until shipped, thereby reducing storage space and manual effortnecessary to move same:

In the proposedmethod of shipping, the cradle is fitted with castors and skid domes to'facilitat'e its movement-over the vcar floor 5Q by. the workmen loading the car,%theb0dy,

position; and the loss due bodies: While in a Warehouse nor for "moving ieao. SerialNo." 1= 5'7,1 4=" 'Q being raised from thefloor by the cradle and -1s thusinsured against: injury through con- "A further-object of this invention is to pro;- I vide means wherebythebodiesmay be attached to the side Walls in closerelationlto each. other," ,Skid Inembersfl having tongue and' groove interlocking ends, are: bolted transversely tozthe sills ,of the automobile before loading upon vthefreight'car. Beginning atone endof thefrei'ght car," the skids bolted to; tliexfirst body {placed in .positionareinterlocked ith relativelyzi-short complemenie tary interlockingblocks' secured to theside r Wall at theendoftheifreight car, and thereafter theends of each skid member are caused tointerlock Witli'theend of the 'abutt'ing iskid. membersi secured to the "adj acent automobile body, othusftheskids;attached'tothe several V v bodies cooperate to hold the-bodies imposition against the side-walls of thegcar. -*A'further object of this invention isP-the great==saving in lumber over other methods employing braces, cross pieces, etc.- ywh'en shipping bodies in-a horizontal or inclined to Wastage or abandoned-material Y x he cradles of the presentunethodmay be used againand=again,,eitherigto move the them into-position adjacent the slide Walls of 'thexfreight; car, or; to'- the car doorwhen i V releasedfrolnithe wall.

' So also they maybe returned knocked downlto' the shipper for further shipments 85 as required. a g b 1: With the foregoing and other objects in yiewiwhich Will appearas the description V proceeds, the. invention further residesin the 1 combinationand arrangement of parts and in the details of construction herein after described and claimed, it-being understood that "changes may, be made in the pre-' cise. embodiment; of V the invention ,herein; disclosed Withoutdeparting from the spirit of thesame. Q

1 In the drawings accompanying thisqspecification:

Figured fragmentary longitudinal sectional view indicates,diagrammatically' a Y I through a freight car, showing a plurality of automobile bodies secured to its side walls.

Figure 2 1s a dlagrammatlc CIOSS-SGCtlOIltLl view of the freight car showing two automobile bodies attached respectively to the opposite walls of the car.

Figure 3 indicates -a front and side elevation of a body supporting cradle .for attachment to the sills of an automobile body.

Figure 4 is a perspective view'with parts broken away of the front end of .a cradle for supporting a closed 'top'automobilebody. Figure 5 is a fragmentaryvview showing a skid dome attached to the leg supporting portion of the cradle, shown in Figure 4:.-

broken away to show the front endof the 7 supporting cradle, the legs of which extend through the rear; windowropening of the automobile body.

Figure 8 is a perspective View the'skidsattached'to the sills of the automobile body forsec'uring the body to the side walls-of a freight car having interlocking ends foiyenga' like adjacentfskid bars.

a short blocksecured to the wallrof the freight car at its ends to receive the interlocking end of the skid bars secured to the sills of the automobile body. Y

Figure 10 is a fragmentary cross-sectional 116W through a freightcar showing a portion of an automobile body resting upon the placed upon the drawings:

cradle, adapted to receive and support the body: and its I closedrtop while in transit, secured to the sidewalls of the freight car. Figure 11 is a perspective view'of the cradle shown in the preceding and other views.

' Referring'now to the letters of reference A denotes a freight car, Bone of its end walls; C, C the side walls; D the floor; E,

thereof; and F, F the usual sliding doors.

G, G denote a plurallty of automobile bodies restlng upon their rear end in a cradle secured to the sills of the automobilev end being of U-shaped' form, as disclosed -in Figure 3.

" I denotes a horizontal member of the cra- 17 dle fittedat each end with upright memof one of gementwith the ends of bers I I bolted or otherwise secured to the sills of the'automobile body.

J, J are blocks, secured to thehorizontal member I and respectively to the upright members I I ;-upon which rests the end of the body, as indicated in Figure 10.

K, K are castors, preferably ball castors, supportedainthe. horizontal member I, ad: jacent its ends.

I L lenotes a horizontalsmember, see Figure 4, secured'by angle irons or other suitable means to a pair of upright legs or members M,M.

Between the legs M, M and secured thereto by angle plates or other suitableimeans is a second horizontal member N, which serves to hold the legs in fixed relation and against collapsing.

Secured adjacent the ends of thehorizontal membeiflL are angleirons O, 0.. I

Pisa connecting bar secured to the member N and to the member I to couple said parts togetheras a unit. 7

Q, Q are skid domes secured to the under edge of the upright members M, M.

' R, R denote a pairof skid members, bolted transversely across the sills G of the automobile body, as clearly indicated in Figures 6 and'7. The ends of each skid member are re- S denotes a plate secured to the notched V r I r end of the skid member and overlapping the Figure 9 is afront and end elevation of side ofsaid notched portion to secure the tongue of the adjacent skid member in the groove that it may not be accidentally dis-' connected therefrom when interlocked. v

T denotes a relatively short block provided atone end with a tapering notch T and an overlapping plate T ;attac hed to the side R213 are bolt holes at eachend of the skid members for attaching the same to the-side walls of the car. V 5

- 'To mount an automobile body in the cradle H, the body istipped on its rear end, the end of the body sills resting upon the blocks J, J of the cradle. The upright members I I of the cradle are then bolted'to the sills G", Gr of the automobile body. The horizontal member L is then inserted inside of the body with its legs or upright members M, M extending through the rear window opening.

' see Figure 9, r The automobile body'is pushed- 'A connecting bar then fastened ito the member, Njand nailed oridtherwise secured to the horizontal member I of the U-shape-d portion of the cradle, see Figures 10 and 11 The casing member U,;of the side Windows of the automobile body rests upon the horizontal member L of the cradle, supporting theupper part'of the" body with theangle plates Q, bearing against and secured to the casing near the end of the car. 7

Attached to the side wall of the car, adjacent-its end wall is the receiving block ill;

parallel with the side wall of the cartoward the receiving blockrTjiintil the ends of the skid members R interlock with the blocksT,

the overlapping plates Ttserving to insure the interlocking partsagainst dislodgement,

' The ends of the skid members are-"then bolted to the side walls of the car. 7 Asecond automobile body isnowwheeled intoposition adjacent the side of the first i v the freight car aspreviously explained. This is repeated from each end on both'sides body and the skid members of the respective bodies caused tointerlock as before, the skid} members being then-belted tozthe side wall of of theoar until-the central door openings are reached, whereupon-ablock T,"provide d either with a notch or-projectingtongue as may be required, is'secured'to the wall of the car to receive the tongue or grooveof the adj oin ing skid member ;-'-the keeperplates S-T V overlapping the notches serving to prevent displacement of the tongue from the corre- I spending groove of the adjacent member. A

a of the opening.

final pair of autolnobilebodies are then secured in position infront of the dooropenings into the freight 'carthe skid members being secured'to the door frame at each side The entireavailablespace of: the freight car is now occupied and it will bereadily seen that the bodies may be shifted and SGCLLIGCl in position for shipment with a minimum expenditure of manual efiort on the part of workmen loading the freight car.

Having thus described my inventi.on,what

I claim is:

1., In combination with a freight can; vmeans for shippingautomobile bodies comprising a cradle toreceivevtherear end of an automobile body, adapted to a support the body. free from the floor and in a vertical position adjacent to and parallel with the walls of the freight car and means for secur ing the body in a vertical position parallel with the Walls of the freight car. 4 i "2. In combination with a freight car;

-readilymoved'overjthe floor ineans: rema ping a iitomobilebodiesa cornprising a cradle adapted': toireceivie'therear V endoff; an automobile body:and'{ to support the ody, in'qa vei'tical" position adj acent' to and para-1161: with thewalls of the freight gpl nra lityof; skid memberskattached' ftr'ansverselyi "to-' thfe i sills }of the). automobile :bo dy; having interlocking 'ends, adapted gto coordinatewith the interlocking ends of like.

skidgmembers attached to' the sills ofjai adj a-' pig-saidskidmembersto saidwallsfp Astructurefas specifiedin' claim 2*in' combination with anti-frlctlon' means secured "tosaid cradle, whe'rebyjsaid cradle with'the antomiobilebody supported thereinmay be prising cradle}includinga frame-workbens'is'tingofa'pairof uprigzghtmembersfadapted 50 bolted tojthej sillsj of an'fiautjoinobfle v 1 a 'at11svrse horizontal member secured-to the lower end of saidupright am.

with a minimum 5 a j hea-saga-t mean forshippingautomobile bodies ;Ycoinhers, supporting blocks securedto v the Lhori I zontal "and upright members to receive the within; the inclosed body, fitted wan, legs spaced apart: and adapted to extendthrough a window opening at therear end of said body; "a"1member connecting, said legstogether a i longitudinally extending member secured tosaid last nam'ed member and to the transverse horizontalmember attached to the upright me'mbers'of the cradle frame; and a plurality-"of casters and skid domes secured may be readily moved for loading, or when in storage.

5, A structure as specified in claim 4:, in"

combination withfa' plurality of skid members 'boltedtransversely to'the sills of the automobile body, said transverse skicl mem-v bershavin g ends adaptedto interlock with the ends of llkGytIfilISVGISG skid members bolted to the sills of an adjacent automobile I body; and means for securing said skidmem- ,b'ers to the wall of the freight car.

. 6; A structure, as specified in claim 4, in

combination with aiplurality of transverse skidmembersfboltedto the sills of. the automobile body,-theends 'ofsaid-skid members beingrespectivelyformed at the endswith V a tongue and a groove adaptedto interlock with the tongues and grooves oflik'e' trans-- verse ,skid members, bolted to the sills of an acent automobilebody; a plate secured to overlapping the side-of the groove, whe'reby the tongue of the interlocking skid member maybeheld against dislodgement from the oon'ejend of the transverse skid member-and t:='auto1nobjil ebodygwhereby"said-fbodies .7 1 be located in ifelatively'olose relation-to A I h 1; other v and parallel; with 1 the vertical *alls of the freight car;- and means for secur i Vi end of the body, a horizontalmember located i to thecradle. framework, whereby the body '05: f

v --groove;"*andmeans for securing the skid 'membersfltothe walls of the freight car.

'7. .A structuref-as' specified in claim 4, in

combination with means secured to and adj a cent the ends of the horizontal member;-

located within the body of the automobile and bearing upon and'secured tothewindow .casingsof the body, to assist supporting combinationWith an angle iron secured to and adjacent the ends of the horizontal-.member,"located Within the body of the automo V bile,and bearing'upon and secured tothe,

,15 window casingsof the body, to assist i'n supthe top of said'body. V .7

8.- A structure as specified in claim 4, in

porting the top of said body.

9. A structure as specified in claim'2 in combination -With members adapted to be V secured to the Wall of the freight car adjacent the end walls and door openings of the latter, provided With an interlocking portion adaptedto receive the interlocking end of the skid members, attached transversely to V vthe sills of the-body adjacent thereto.

In testimony whereof, I sign this specification.

e rsinonn LEOF IEDLAENDER.

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